Eileen Atkins
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Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north
London. Her father was a gas meter reader; her mother, a seamstress and
barmaid. A drama teacher taught her how to drop her Cockney accent, and
she studied Shakespeare and Greek tragedies. Her breakthrough role in
"The Killing of Sister George" took her to Broadway.
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